New Buddy Holly Tribute

[choo-choo-charlie]

Featuring a whole slew of great artists, except for Kid Rock. Rave On Buddy Holly tracklist:

 

01 The Black Keys: "Dearest"

02 Fiona Apple and Jon Brion: "Every Day"

03 Paul McCartney: "It's So Easy"

04 Florence and the Machine: "Not Fade Away"

05 Cee-Lo: "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care"

06 Karen Elson: "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"

07 Julian Casablancas: "Rave On"

08 Jenny O.: "I'm Gonna Love You Too"

09 Justin Townes Earle: "Maybe Baby"

10 She & Him: "Oh Boy"

11 Nick Lowe: "Changing All Those Changes"

12 Patti Smith: "Words of Love"

13 My Morning Jacket: "True Love Ways"

14 Modest Mouse: "That'll Be the Day"

15 Kid Rock: "Well... All Right"

16 Detroit Cobras: "Heartbeat"

17 Lou Reed: "Peggy Sue"

18 John Doe: "Peggy Sue Got Married"

19 Graham Nash: "Raining in My Heart"

 

Story spotted on Pitchfork.

[Moss]

I actually picked up the Buddy Holly Box set last year, pretty amazing output from a guy who died at 22 years old. I wonder if McCartney still owns the Buddy Holly catalog. I can totally hear JTE doing Maybe Baby.

[LouieB]

This was a topic of an earlier thread as I recall. I also have the box set. Not only was Buddy only 22, but his recording career was approximately two years. Chew on that for a minute. Some artists can't even put out an album once every two years any more. He put out three albums in is lifetime and a bunch of great songs. Admittedly it was a simpler time, no fancy recordings or extensive overdubbing. Just go in the studio, cut some songs and put them out.

 

LouieB

[jff]

Featuring a whole slew of great artists, except for Kid Rock. Rave On Buddy Holly tracklist:

 

 

Kid Rock was on VH1 Storytellers last night. How dumb are you if you need Kid Rock to explain what his songs are about?

 

That Buddy tribute should be pretty fun. Lou Reed doing Peggy Sue...

[uncool2pillow]

This was a topic of an earlier thread as I recall. I also have the box set. Not only was Buddy only 22, but his recording career was approximately two years. Chew on that for a minute. Some artists can't even put out an album once every two years any more. He put out three albums in is lifetime and a bunch of great songs. Admittedly it was a simpler time, no fancy recordings or extensive overdubbing. Just go in the studio, cut some songs and put them out.

 

LouieB

Thinking about the short-lived brilliance of his career in these terms gives me goose bumps.

[LouieB]

Thinking about the short-lived brilliance of his career in these terms gives me goose bumps.

And of course Richie Valens, who was not the genius that Buddy Holly was and died in the plane crash with him, but certainly famous enough, only recorded for about six months.

 

LouieB

[Moss]

I visited the Buddy Holly crash site a few years back and they have a small memorial set up there in the middle of the cornfield. It's kind of odd, I could see leaving a guitar pick or something but people left library cards and other forms of ID, necklaces, all sorts of weird stuff.

 

I wonder how Buddy would have fared going into the 60's, would he have adapted or would he have kind of faded away?

 

 

[Lammycat]

I can't think of Buddy Holly now without getting a glaring image of Gary Busey in my head. You may not have heard, but Gary was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Buddy. In 1979.

 

1979.

 

Gary Busrey. Oscar nominee. 1979.

 

Don't forget that.

[LouieB]

That was Gary's first major film role and before he was so nuts. He did a great job, although the film itself had factual issues. I remember enjoying the heck out of the film and it created one of the first major Holly revivals, that coincided with a greatest hits LP that you can still find in used bins today. As a biopick goes, that was a good one. Maybe not 100% accurate, but it seemed to capture the time.

 

LouieB

[jff]

 

 

I wonder how Buddy would have fared going into the 60's, would he have adapted or would he have kind of faded away?

 

That's a good question. I can't think of any '50s star who was able to adapt into the '60s and continue as a current artist. Elvis sort of did it. Seems like they all either faded into the background, or rode their past glories as long as they could.

 

I could see Buddy going into a career as a producer and songwriter, but it's hard to imagine him performing new music alongside the '60s acts. I guess he would have fit in better as a '60s country artist than a '60s pop/rock star.

[Lammycat]

That was Gary's first major film role and before he was so nuts. He did a great job, although the film itself had factual issues. I remember enjoying the heck out of the film and it created one of the first major Holly revivals, that coincided with a greatest hits LP that you can still find in used bins today. As a biopick goes, that was a good one. Maybe not 100% accurate, but it seemed to capture the time.

 

LouieB

 

I agree with all of this but I also feel that a part of Buddy Holly died with Busey's image always in my head now. And yeah, I know Buddy really did die.

[LouieB]

I agree with all of this but I also feel that a part of Buddy Holly died with Busey's image always in my head now. And yeah, I know Buddy really did die.

to wash that away, pull up a few YouTubes of Buddy on Ed Sullivan and that may get rid of nutty Gary for at least awhile.

 

LouieB

[uncool2pillow]

Buddy was of huge transitional importance from the 50s to the 60s. He took more control of his career, wrote more of his own material than most, produced or co-produced much of his material, added strings and other flourishes to rock music. We'll never know, he could've ended up playing Reno casinos, but my sense of it is that he would have continued to be respectable and important.

[lamradio]

For the record, Marshall Crenshaw's version of "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" rocks a whole lot more than Buddy's version.

[LouieB]

For the record, Marshall Crenshaw's version of "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" rocks a whole lot more than Buddy's version.

And he got to play Buddy in the movie about Richie Valens. Cosmic.

 

LoiueB

[Moss]

Black Keys cover of "Dearest", as always with the Black Keys, sounds fantastic:

 

Black Keys cover "Dearest"

[choo-choo-charlie]

Black Keys cover of "Dearest", as always with the Black Keys, sounds fantastic:

 

Black Keys cover "Dearest"

 

Yes-it-does!

[Moss]

McCartney covering It's so easy. I really like the energy he brings to this, this is sounding more and more like a really good album:

 

Macca It's so easy cover

[froggie]

i'm suprised Bob Dylan didnt chip in, considering he saw Buddy a few days before his death, and apparently Buddy LOOKED at him

[Oil Can Boyd]

That's a good question. I can't think of any '50s star who was able to adapt into the '60s and continue as a current artist. Elvis sort of did it. Seems like they all either faded into the background, or rode their past glories as long as they could.

 

I could see Buddy going into a career as a producer and songwriter, but it's hard to imagine him performing new music alongside the '60s acts. I guess he would have fit in better as a '60s country artist than a '60s pop/rock star.

Pretty sad article about Bill Haley on this exact topic.

[Smokestack Joe]

Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub are also coming out with a Buddy Holly record this summer titled "Well All Right: Songs of Buddy Holly."

 

Burch and the Ballclub can really cover Holly well.

 

Paul burch

[LouieB]

Paul Burch is great and hasn't recorded much in recent years I don't think.

 

LouieB

[Smokestack Joe]

Burch had a record club this past year, each month you would get emailed two new songs, when it was done you could have purchased the whole record. great rockabilly, country rock stuff.

[solace]

the only one i've liked out of the 4-5 i've heard so far really is Cee-Lo's take surprisingly.

 

the Florence & The Machine take on Not Fade Away is aggravating, and i usually don't mind her.